Investigação de Fugas de Propriedade Intelectual

Uma escola privada com um estudo avançado de ciências exactas contactou a CleverControl com um pedido delicado. A escola seguiu as últimas tendências e implementou as últimas inovações no ensino. O programa único em Matemática foi o tema do seu orgulho especial. O curso incluiu um conjunto completo de materiais teóricos, exercícios, jogos e testes para cada nota com base na abordagem inovadora. Foi o resultado do longo trabalho dos dois professores, que em breve se tornariam livros de texto para escolas com estudos avançados de Matemática. Até então, outro pessoal não estava autorizado a partilhar os materiais fora da escola ou a utilizá-los em aulas particulares.

However, when the headmaster talked to her colleagues from other schools, she learned that some were already using materials developed in her school. Those teachers refused to tell where they had got them, but one thing was clear: the unique program had leaked. The headmaster needed to identify the source of the leak and prevent further unauthorized sharing.

The teachers downloaded the educational materials from the school's secure server to their classroom computers. The headmaster assumed that the source of the leak either copied the data to an external storage device or sent it out by email. After proper authorization and employee notice, the school's IT specialist installed CleverControl on authorized school computers to review activity related to these channels.

The headmaster and the IT specialist checked reports from each computer daily but did not find any suspicious activity. Most probably, the mole had copied all the materials before the program was installed. To determine whether the leak was ongoing, the headmaster asked the authors to add some new educational materials to the school server and continued the authorized monitoring with CleverControl. That brought results: logs from one of the new substitute teacher's computer showed that an external storage device was plugged in. To be sure, the headmaster also checked screen recordings for that period of time, which confirmed the fact of copying the materials. A further internal investigation revealed that the new substitute teacher had shared the educational materials with a friend from another school. The friend then shared them with her colleagues. Besides, the substitute teacher did private tutoring using the stolen materials.

The school took appropriate internal action according to its policies.

• Actividade de armazenamento externo

  A monitorização de dispositivos de armazenamento externo ajudou a revelar fugas de materiais educativos.
• Gravação de ecrã

  As gravações do ecrã do professor provaram o facto da cópia não autorizada.
• Monitorização online

  Secure remote monitoring via the online dashboard supported the internal investigation after proper authorization and employee notice.